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Dame Angela Lansbury has praised television for giving greater opportunities to women than film, as she was handed a prestigious lifetime achievement award.

The 91-year-old, who played detective Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, said it is “unfortunate” that women are still neglected on screen, ahead of being celebrated at the Rose d’Or Awards in Berlin on Tuesday.

But London-born Dame Angela said the situation is improving, as seen at the Emmys where The Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies both received the highest number of honours on Sunday with five-a-piece.